Portage Glacier

On our way back to Anchorage, we were seeing signs for Portage Glacier, about 6 miles off the main road and spontaneously decided to take a little roadtrip.  When we got to the end, the view opened up to reveal an amazingly clear blue lake.

We found out they do small 1 hour cruises to see the glacier, which was around the other side of a small mountain.  We got on the ship and it slowly made its way out to the far side of the lake, and then around it along the waterline until we got to the point where we could see the glacier.  It was absolutely beautiful, the blue in spots where the sun was shining through it.  Apparently this glacier moves 17 inches every day, and as it moves off of the small cliff at its base, it breaks off in good sized chunks which then float around the water, slowly melting.  It was an incredible sight, and definitely worth it!  After we got back that night, I realized I'd taken about 50 pictures of it!  You, however, won't be seeing all of those. :)

 The boat coming back so we could go on our tour.

 This is one of those huge chunks of ice broken off the main glacier.

 This is NOT Portage Glacier. :)

 You can begin to see it below.

 And here it is...

 There were parts of the glacier that were thin enough that the sun could shine through, and it was the most beautiful clear blue!